February 17th, 2012 “Books helped me in my darkest days. I want to empower others the same way,” says Sonia Qazi
On Sept. 23, 2011, Sonia’s mother, Najma Bibi, and her sister, Sidra Mehtab, 18, who remained in their native Pakistan, were brutally murdered — allegedly by assassins hired by Bibi’s husband. Instead of allowing her grief to take [...]
October 31st, 2011 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. People have been asking me “What can I do about domestic violence? Is there something I can do to help?”
Here is a short list of ideas.
7. Find out more about domestic violence. Go to http://www.clicktoempower.org/ and see the stories of survivors and what made the difference for them.
6. Go [...]
June 29th, 2011 Niall Crossen, 24, of Robert Gordon University’s Gray’s School of Art, hopes that his senior project will protect victims of domestic abuse. Niall has created jewelry that is designed with a secret button. When depressed the system would send a signal to a crisis call center. In addition, an individual user could be linked with [...]
June 22nd, 2011 Now through June 30th, 2011, women ages 18 to 34 are invited to apply for a chance to have a documentary made of their domestic violence story. Mary Kay Cosmetics is partnering with celebrities, actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher the first to be announced, to help aspiring filmmakers, create documentaries to help fight against the number one [...]
June 10th, 2011 Neighbors are often reluctant to get involved because they may feel like family squabbles are none oftheir business. Barbara Nadine Smalley might still be alive today had someone called for help on her behave right away. After listening to Barbara being beat and screaming “no…no” for 30 minutes a neighbor finally called 911. The police [...]